Satellite analysis names Energy Transfer largest US methane 'super-emitter'
Who could have guessed? The biggest super-emitter of #methane in the US, Energy Transfer, is run by major donor to Trump, who has gutted regulation @uclalawemmett.bsky.social Story by @olliemilman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The US oil and gas industry emits methane, the main component of natural gas and the gas responsible for ~1/3 of warming to date, at rates far higher than EPA estimates. New satellites can catch giant methane plumes as they happen, but US regulators and O&G companies have done little to act on them.
Methane emissions have been mapped at higher & higher resolution every year. Share this info. It's important that people know who is messing with our future. 🧪
This is one of the best uses of remote sensing (along with tracking illegal logging). Satellite data can be a reliable and consistent tool of ecological governance when used correctly.